Observation of magnetocoriolis waves in a liquid metal taylor-couette experiment

M. D. Nornberg, H. Ji, E. Schartman, A. Roach, J. Goodman

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Abstract

The first observation of fast and slow magnetocoriolis (MC) waves in a laboratory experiment is reported. Rotating nonaxisymmetric modes arising from a magnetized turbulent Taylor-Couette flow of liquid metal are identified as the fast and slow MC waves by the dependence of the rotation frequency on the applied field strength. The observed slow MC wave is damped but the observation provides a means for predicting the onset of the magnetorotational instability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number074501
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume104
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 18 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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